Yale University stands as one of the world's preeminent institutions of higher learning. The school, established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, was renamed Yale College in 1718 after Welsh merchant Elihu Yale. The university has three distinct academic components--Yale College (the undergraduate program), the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the professional schools. Our focus lies on a few of the Ph.D. programs offered under the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
African American Studies
Yale offers a combined Ph.D. in African American studies in conjunction with several of the school's other departments. Doctoral candidates have the option to combine African American studies with American studies, anthropology, English, film studies, French, history, history of art, political science, psychology, religious studies, sociology, Spanish or Portuguese. Students applying for a combined degree receive supervision from the African American studies department and the other participating program. The department faculty requires third and fourth year students to teach as part of the graduate education program.
Anthropology
Admission into Yale's anthropology Ph.D. program requires completion of 16 term courses--two with an "A" grade and maintaining an average grade of "B" for the remaining classes. The department of anthropology does not have a general foreign language requirement for Ph.D. candidates. Each student's advisory committee decides the required level of proficiency in foreign language skills, however the department prefers candidates to already have foreign language skills upon beginning the program.
French
The department of French at Yale offers Ph.D. degrees in French literature, criticism, theory and culture. The department also offers the Ph.D. degree in the French-language literatures of Africa, the Caribbean and the Maghreb. Students also have the opportunity to receive a combined degree with the department of African American studies and the program in film studies. All students receive full financial support for five years of graduate study, including two years of a university fellowship, two years of summer stipends, two years of a teaching fellowship and one year of a dissertation fellowship.
Investigative Medicine
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences offers the Ph.D. in investigative medicine. The investigative medicine Ph.D. program started in 1999 to address the need for formal training in clinical research. The goal of the program is to develop the candidate's analytical and creative thinking skills plus increase the student's knowledge base with the hands-on experience required for clinical research. The department expects most students to complete the program in three to four years.
Statistics
The Yale University Department of Statistics offers the Ph.D. in statistics program. Candidates must have a strong mathematics background with previous coursework including advanced calculus, linear algebra and elementary probability theory. The department does not have a foreign language requirement for Ph.D. candidates and the coursework offered covers the main areas of statistical theory.
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